Vet Gazette

The Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship is awarded to only 18 veterinary students across the United States each year. “We do not recruit applicants,” says Staff Sergeant David Barnett. “We have many hundreds of students who apply.” This year CVM student Jake Tidwell was one of the deserving recipients.

Tidwell went through a rigorous process of two applications, one for the army and one for the scholarship program. He also had to submit letters of recommendation from veterinarians. As a scholarship recipient, the army will pay for his next two years of vet school and include a monthly stipend. He will also receive reimbursement for books and supplies.

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Thirty-three dogs who just can’t handle it right now. Courtesy of Buzz Feed.

Dean Clarke congratulates Garland Burdock on her Outstanding Staff award.

On Wednesday, Dean Cyril Clarke welcomed CVM staff to a buffet lunch at the OSU Alumni Center and expressed his appreciation for all the dedicated employees who make the college run smoothly. He also presented awards to this year’s Outstanding Classified Staff and Exemplary Service recipients.

The classified staff awards went to Alyssa Tucker, Property Specialist in Pharmacy, and Garland Burdock, Certified Veterinary Technician in the Large Animal Hospital. Dean Clarke presented the Exemplary Service awards to Patrick Kamins, Student Services Coordinator, and Donna Mulrooney, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Coordinator. Donna also received a certificate for her 25 years of service at OSU.

Congratulations everyone!

The OSU International Veterinary Students Association has been very busy over the last few months.  We started out the school year with the very successful Run for Ukraine in October followed up by OHOW week in January.  In winter term we awarded scholarships to Nicaragua 2012 participants, and the term was rounded out by our annual silent auction.  Plans for the 2013 trip to Nicaragua are well under way; applications were received and approved in January.  The 2013 Nicaragua participants began their required seminars on April 2nd; those will continue through spring term.  Representatives from our IVSA group attended the tenth annual Western Regional International Health Conference at OHSU at the beginning of April and there is more IVSA fun to come.  Don’t forget the International Food Fest coming sometime in May!

On October 14th IVSA held The Run for Ukraine.  This event received a lot of community support and raised $785 that will be used to further veterinary care in our sister city of Uzhgorod, Ukraine and assist the community of Ukraine with healthcare for their citizens suffering with tuberculosis.  Currently, Uzhgorod does not have an animal shelter, the community hopes to put these funds toward the effort of establishing one.

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Danny Noble has spent a lot of time at the OSU Large Animal Hospital this past year, receiving treatment and corrective farrier work for his laminitis.  A mini horse who loves people, Danny, and his owner Chris, have become part of the College of Vet Med family. And because he knows everyone and likes to socialize, the staff at the hospital always set his stall up with a little gate he can look out over.

Now, thanks to a generous donation from Chris Noble, other mini horses and ponies with outgoing personalities will also be able to see what is going on around them. Chris donated a second mini-gate to the hospital for other little equines who might be getting treatment at the same time as Danny.

See related story in the Spring edition of Animal Connection.

With everyone enjoying the 80-degree April weather, including the third-year Large Animal Medicine III class, it was time for this blog to break out The Sunshine Song.